INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NAPLES

The music of early modern Naples and its renowned artistic traditions remain a fruitful area for scholars in eighteenth-century studies. 

Contemporary social, political, and artistic conditions had stimulated a significant growth of music, musicians and culture in the Kingdom of Naples from the beginning of the seventeenth century. 

Anthony R. DelDonna investigates the wide-ranging role of instrumental genres within late eighteenth-century Neapolitan culture and introduces readers to new material, including recently discovered instrumental works of Paisiello, Cimarosa and Pleyel.